Collected Notes on Hardware Solutions
Collected Notes on Hardware Solutions
Mouse GPS Receivers
"...but the SiRF-based GPS's are better. tiny and damn fast fix...cold start
typically takes less time than it takes me to hook up and start up the car. and
hot start <5-10sec for 3D fix. i even get a fix inside garages sometimes. try
that w/ your etrex. however not all SiRF-based GPS's are the same. I've heard
bad things about the pharos unit and navman stuff is pretty bad too. if u get a
serial GPS make sure it has battery backup of almanac & ephemeris data or it'll
take a long time to cold start." - posted By Lincomatic on
NS Forum
"the leadtek is a little wider and
flatter.
btw, both of them have magnets so you can stick them to your roof.
one thing i really like about the SiRF GPS's is there is a little utility that
lets you tune everything from baud rate to what NMEA sentences it spits out to
even the interval of each sentence." - posted By Lincomatic on
NS Forum
Axiom CF GPS Receiver
"...Just purchased one from CompUSA. The
CF gps is made by an Korean company called axiom GPS. (www.axiomGPS.co.kr).
It's based on SiRF star chipset (I believe it's SiRF I chipset instead of
SiRF II).
Initial test with Destinator 1.7.2 in sirf mode with baud rate of 38400, works
great
The starcaddy software actually let you switch between NMEA and SiRF, so you
don't need other tools to do this.
Acquisition time is great, reception is great even without external antenna in
the car. Overall I'm very happy with this little device...
...BTW, if this CF GPS does indeed support
WAAS, it's probably the cheapest CF GPS that can do that on the market. Compusa
has this CF GPS with golf software for $179!"
posted by avmanliu on
PocketPC Passion Forum
Billionton CF
GPS Receiver
Here's a link to their GPS
http://www.billionton.com/english/product/CF-GPS.htm and to the product
details in pdf format
http://www.billionton.com/english/p...ile/CFGPS-B.PDF
Here's the phone number of their US office in CA (Cardmus Micro)
909-947-3333.
Size Comparisons:
Edit - size comparison
Leadtek - 81.50x42.80x11.20x=39.1cc
Billionton - 87.87x42.80x10.40=39.1cc
Same volume, billionton is a tad longer and a tad thinner. So it seems the
Leadtek would stick out quite a bit too, that's probably why Leadtek don't show
a picture of the GPS in a PPC slot...
For reference the Pharos is:
80.00x57.00x22.00=100cc so it's quite a bit bigger !
http://www.aoa-gps.com/
http://www.ashtech.com/en/
http://www.eaglegps.com/
http://www.garmin.com/
http://www.lowrance.com/
http://www.trimble.com/
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